eBooks

Below, discover my four eBooks. For your convenience, I provide three ways to support me with your purchase. The Green button is to purchase via Sellfy, the Blue is to purchase via Payhip and the third is Amazon. The latter change the price as they wish but Sellfy and Payhip are fixed.Your support is, of course, most appreciated.If you wish to support my channel further, as some do, you may consider my Patreon page. Of course, I will continue to maintain my YouTube channel and this blog all the same!I am always most delighted to assist or hear your story: danthecomposer@gmail.com

Water Pianism is a state of mind. It is not a method. It cannot be described in one sentence and is very difficult to believe in during the initial stages of its discovery because the ego will be blocking out anything new, unusual or which goes against its firmly held belief systems.

The Water Pianist does not study, apply, seek or eventually teach any existing or particular method. They have achieved the mindset of removing restrictive labels and recognised that exactly what is required to ‘be a pianist’ already exists within from the moment they first sat at a piano and pressed their first key to their first live performance of a Chopin Nocturne, Liszt étude, Beethoven Sonata or solo Jazz improvisation.

Not once does water use force yet still it exists in a constant state of motion. Most interestingly of all, water is not conscious of a final destination. Indeed, what would it do once it had arrived?

Read this book in the knowledge that my method comes from my own experiences, realisations, discoveries and philosophies as a pianist over the last two decades. I wrote it only to share all of this with as many people as possible for their own benefit in addition to my freely available blog articles, YouTube videos and Podcasts.

Each chapter title, plus the three main focus points under each, has been targeted for your progressive benefit. Simply by looking at the titles below, you will come to realise that I do not focus only on theory or the fingers but quite significantly on the mind. The body follows the mind, so why not start in the correct place?

Playing the piano is: mind>body>piano, not piano>body>mind.

This is what makes studying with me quite unique; not only will you learn the same knowledge which is available online, you will primarily develop confidence, be encouraged and truly believe in You as a pianist without technical boundaries or physical limitations and, as a result, become an exceptional, Purposeful Pianist.

What I offer is a philosophical approach, a way to develop your mind and remove any doubt; a promise that, as long as you subscribe to the principle that the repetition of a positive ideal results only in its manifestation, you will succeed. This is not a spiritual, hippy-like approach; far from it. It is a fact understood and applied by the greatest minds, including great pianists, since the earliest possible times.

Are you a student wishing to enter the world of jazz piano without being overwhelmed? Are you a classical piano teacher who is having to learn some jazz 'stuff' in order to keep ahead of your eager students? This eBook will be your saviour; it's detailed enough to explain the theory without confusing you, with audio files to assist, and is casual enough to not be a sweating chore at the piano. Rather, it is to be read away from the piano. The philosophical approach is what makes this book different to any other book on jazz which always discuss the theory only, rather than educating you on how to play from the inside, out (in other words, from your emotional centre).

Over my years as a jazz pianist in various hotels and restaurants and as a tutor for various students of all levels and backgrounds, many things have come to my attention which I have not found in any book on jazz so, with all these things in mind, I decided to get them out and share them with the world; with any and all aspiring jazz pianists.

In a nutshell, the book is based on the principle of a 'Purposeful Pianist' meaning that, although you may well know lots of songs, scales and chords, that is not enough to actually play jazz well. You may have good finger dexterity and be a strong sight-reader, but that is not enough to actually play jazz well. The Purposeful Pianist knows what s/he is playing, why, when and how. S/he knows how to capture the 'emotional centre' of the listener and himself; s/he knows how to recognise patterns and never get lost in an improvisation.

Please also note that there is no 'score' example available for the audio files. The reason for this is that jazz is about listening and playing by feel, not by reading. Also, I do not want you to sit at the piano when you read this, and having a score will encourage you to do so.

Internalise what is written, feel and imagine it on your internal piano (as discussed at length in the book) and be surprised with the results. There are enough jazz books out there with scores in them but my book is completely different; that's why I wrote it.

The book contains 210 pages (depending on your reader) covering over 10 chapters and has nearly 100 audio samples to accompany the text and show what I am talking about when referring to the piano keys. It urges you to become aware of your 'internal piano' and teaches how to learn jazz tunes and their chord progressions in seemingly impossible time.

This eBooks is in response to growing demand for my articles to appear in one place, as well as humbling requests for more opportunities to financially support my creative piano and teaching efforts on my blog and YouTube channel.Herein, discover most of my articles in logical order, carefully edited and proofread for your reading pleasure. It contains 99% of the links that the original articles do, both on and external to my own blog.Some people like to print my eBooks for a more real reading experience. For this reason, this book also has a printable version (coming very soon!) for the same price.The blog titles are as follows:

Author’s Note
Essentials Mastery
Following the ‘You’ Method
Using and Abusing Major Scales
Feeling Lost?
The Pianist’s Checklist
The Fallacy of Grades
Learning Songs Quickly
Emotional Memory in Learning
The Tree Philosophy
Bridging the Gap
Internal Piano Visualisation
Conscious Interference
Practormance
Dissecting the Dissected
The Internal Metronome
Time Signature Philosophy
Talking Rhythm Sense
Three Important Piano Elements
Variety & Yteirav
Give up!
From Chaos to Order
A Philosophy on Technical Exercises
Stop Asking Questions
Becoming a Pianist
Choosing Repertoire
The Great Piano Illusion
Easy Does It!
Why Improvise?
The Fear of Spontaneity
Labels and Limits
Just a Drop